AKLAN: House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez recently led a group of congressional representatives in inspecting the Strong Republic Nautical Highway or more commonly known as ports for roll on-roll off (RoRo) vessels in Panay Island. Accompanied by Reps. Rodolfo Fariñas of Ilocos Norte, Celso Lobregat of Zamboanga City and Cesar Sarmiento of Catanduanes, Alvarez first inspected the Caticlan Port, which is across the world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town.
Alvarez said that the improvement of RoRo ports can boost tourism. “We anticipate the influx of tourists this Holy Week. We wanted to know the state of the ports. We are planning to put more budget allocation for the improvement of ports and the roads linked to it,” Alvarez said. Alvarez and the group also inspected the RoRo ports in the Iloilo province. They met with Iloilo congressmen Jerry Treñas, Arcadio Gorriceta, Arthur Defensor Jr., Ferj Biron, and Raul Tupas.